The Bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) was an ancestor of the Arabian Oryx and many of the 140 species of cloven-hoofed mammals part of the family Bovidae. The Bluebuck was predicted to have lived shortly after the last Ice Age, which was 10,000 years ago up to 1800 when it became extinct, being the first large African mammal to go into extinction during historic times.
Scientific Classification Table
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Subfamily
Hippotraginae
Genus
Hippotragus
Species
H. leucophaeus
Artwork of a Bluebuck in the coastal region of South Africa surrounded by grassland
Habitat and Range
The natural habitat of the Bluebuck was mainly, if not all within the region of the country which we now know as South Africa today.
Distribution of Bluebuck
Extinction Pressure
The Bluebuck, similar to many other animal's of its time
Bluebuck
Introduction
The Bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) was an ancestor of the Arabian Oryx and many of the 140 species of cloven-hoofed mammals part of the family Bovidae. The Bluebuck was predicted to have lived shortly after the last Ice Age, which was 10,000 years ago up to 1800 when it became extinct, being the first large African mammal to go into extinction during historic times.Scientific Classification Table
Habitat and Range
The natural habitat of the Bluebuck was mainly, if not all within the region of the country which we now know as South Africa today.Extinction Pressure
The Bluebuck, similar to many other animal's of its time